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76sovereign · 06-20-2008, 11:17 AM

Amen!

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Originally Posted by caddygrn

personally, I Wouldn't Give My Business To Any Rv Place (or Any Other Thing For That Matter...) That Wouldn't Let Me Stay Because Of The "age" Of My Trailer! If They Are That Weird It Certainly Isn't The Kind Of Folks I Want To Be Around! Just My Two Cents... Lots Of Other Choices, I Am Sure!

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davidz71 · 06-20-2008, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by 76sovereign

. . what would make this Airstreamer want to go to all the trouble of sending them a picture and try to convence them that they are good enough for this PARK? Kani

There is an idea, take a picture of your Airstream in a nearby RV park (business sign showing) that does not ask what year your trailer is. Send a note telling them how they lost your business.

Lumatic · 06-20-2008, 05:25 PM

Yes, indubitably the owners are money grubbing snobs and I guess they run the park to make money first, comradrie and everything else second. This trailer age thing is not new and is a growing trend which we should all resist to the last fiber of our boomer being. Camping just ain't what it used to be.

But are we victiims of our own hypocracy if we prefer to associate with our own kind at Airstream Only campgrounds, rallies and caravans. I plead guilty

Vegasdan · 06-20-2008, 06:00 PM

In our age of computers and printers, I'd just make a "window sticker" for your AS and show it's "age" as a 2000 or ? Make a new one every year, take it with you on check in.

Furzwo · 06-21-2008, 02:12 AM

If it is the Jantzen Beach RV park, they really can't say much when they don't complain to the city about the crap that parks on the street in front of them. We leave in a moorage down the way and have to pass by on our way home. There have been a couple of Airstreams at the rv park recently, bet no one knows for sure how old they are.

For now, I am just delighted to be a new owner of a gently used Airstream.

Pat

mrchinup1 · 06-21-2008, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by lewster

There's a nice little RV park right in Hood River that would be glad to have you!!! It's only an hour to Portland, and the scenery here just can't be beat!!!!

Is that the clothing optional beach/park we drove by today? lol

Furzwo · 06-21-2008, 10:53 PM

No, that is on Sauvie Island, a bit west of Portland. If you want to see what is going on there, you must drive by in a boat. Did that last summer...some of those folks should be wearing more clothes. As I years ago decided for myself.

Or perhaps you are talking about Rooster Rock, east of Portland....gee this is a fun place to live, you would think we have warm weather all the time. I haven't been to that park in the summer time since I was a kid. It was a more conservative place then.

Pat

rec · 06-22-2008, 07:20 AM

Just wanted to let you know that I contacted the RV park in Portland (Jantzen Beach, if anyone runs into this problem with them) and sent them a photo of my 1989 Airstream with this note:

"I certainly understand your having a rule against RVs that look like junk -- however, I don?t understand why you would be willing to allow a junky RV to stay in your park for a week (as I was told) but not a month. Seems that you wouldn't want junky RVs at all -- and you would want to allow nice-looking ones to stay as long as they wanted. I would just hope that you could take into account the fact that a) Airstreams stay nice looking much longer than those plastic-made motor homes and fifth wheels, and that b) we have put a lot of time and money into putting our airstream into mint condition. I also wouldn't think that you would want to turn away RVers who take great pride in their rig and keep it as their full-time home. If you need an outside opinion, I am happy to have the RV park we stayed at for a month in FL send you a recommendation telling you how nicely we kept our lot and what good tenants we were.We are a quiet, working couple -- we run a web business and are starting to travel the country, working from our airstream and staying in each location for several weeks or months at a time. We're looking forward to a long stay with you and the opportunity to refer your park to our other full-time RV friends. Please confirm that we will be allowed to make an extended reservation with you and I'll call you to set it up. Thanks!"

She emailed me back that day telling me to call her and she will set up our 2-month reservation for this summer. So logic and reason can win out against mindless, inflexible, unreasonable rulebooks! Power to the people!

Darol Ingalls · 06-22-2008, 09:24 AM

REC, Glad you got your reservation. I thought you were dealing with the Portland RV Park in Tualatin. They also have the '93 or newer rule. A couple things to know about the Jantzen Beach park ; it's in the flight path of the airport thus you'll get noise and soot, and the traffic is impossible during morning and afternoon rush hour. It is well kept and, if you don't have to do much commuting, it will probably be fine. Darol

Pick · 06-22-2008, 12:17 PM

Reminds me of the time a buddy and I went to a winery that had a "no blue jeans" rule. We were both wearing new jeans and were all cleaned up. We got the boot, but the dirty, filthy slob, with grease stains on his shirt and pants got to stay, because he was wearing corduroy jeans.